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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2012
Michael E. Aho, Rochester, MN (US);
Dong Chen, Croton on Hudson, NY (US);
Noel A. Eisley, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Thomas M. Gooding, Rochester, MN (US);
Philip Heidelberger, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
Andrew T. Tauferner, Rochester, MN (US);
Michael E. Aho, Rochester, MN (US);
Dong Chen, Croton on Hudson, NY (US);
Noel A. Eisley, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Thomas M. Gooding, Rochester, MN (US);
Philip Heidelberger, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
Andrew T. Tauferner, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Calculating a checksum utilizing inactive networking components in a computing system, including: identifying, by a checksum distribution manager, an inactive networking component, wherein the inactive networking component includes a checksum calculation engine for computing a checksum; sending, to the inactive networking component by the checksum distribution manager, metadata describing a block of data to be transmitted by an active networking component; calculating, by the inactive networking component, a checksum for the block of data; transmitting, to the checksum distribution manager from the inactive networking component, the checksum for the block of data; and sending, by the active networking component, a data communications message that includes the block of data and the checksum for the block of data.